Package for needles or the like



1968 KARL-HEINZ DENEKE 3,396,833

PACKAGE FOR NEEDLES OR THE LIKE Filed April 17, 1967 llwewrol? KAR L.Hemz. DENE-KE United States Patent 3,396,833 PACKAGE FOR NEEDLES OR THELIKE Karl-Heinz Deneke, Auf dem Rott, Gressenich, near Aachen, GermanyFiled Apr. 17, 1967, Ser. No. 631,437 Claims priority, applicationGermany, Apr. 22, 1966, 20 Mr 2,974; Oct. 29, 1966, R 33,820 7 Claims.(Cl. 206-46) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A needle package having a slidefor retain-ing needles mounted for longitudinal reciprocation in anenvelope having a longitudinal slot through which a tab on the rear ofthe slide extends for limiting the extent of movement of the slide.

The invention relates to a package for needles or the like, formed afterthe manner of a folder and comprising a front wall and a rear wall.

Packages of this kind are known and have always an open-outconfiguration. In these known packages, the needles are generallymounted on a sheet which is loosely located in the package or glued withone end to the inside of the package. In order to remove needles fromthe package or to re-insert needles into the package, the same must beopened by opening out one or more of its walls. After the extraction orre-insertion of the needle or the like, the package must against beclosed. Hence, the extraction or the re-insertion of the needles or thelike is rather complicated with known packages.

The invention has the object of providing a package for needles or thelike, of the kind hereinbefore described, from which the needles or thelike can be extracted easily, and into which the needles can bere-inserted equally easil Agcording to the invention, this object isrealized in a package for needles or the like in that the packagecomprises a slide carrying the needles or like objects, arrangedlongitudinally displaceably between the front and rear walls and adaptedto be pulled out from the space between these walls and to bere-inserted thereinbetween, and comprises means limiting the movement ofthis slide both in the extracted and in the inserted posit-ions.

In view of the construction of the package, for extracting needles orthe like from the package or re-inserting them again into the same, itis only necessary to pull out the slide for the needles or like objectsfrom between the front and rear walls, enabling the needles or the liketo be withdrawn from the slide or re-inserted thereinto. For bringingthe slide with the needles or the like back into the package, it ismerely necessary to push it back into the space between the front andrear walls. The means limiting the movement of the slide prevent theslide from becoming disengaged from between the walls or from beinginserted too deep between them.

For mounting the needles or like objects on the slide, accord-ing to theinvention, the front side of the slide is provided with a sheet forinserting the needles or similar objects, which sheet may be made ofcoloured and lustrous paper.

According to the invention, the means for limiting the movement of theslide are formed preferably in that way that the rear wall of thepackage has a longitudinal slot, extending substantially from its bottomend substantially to its top end, and the slide has close to its bottomend a tongue engaging into this longitudinal slot of the rear wall. Inthis configuration, the limitation of the movement of the slide iseffected in that the tongue, engaged into the slot of the rear wall ofthe package, abuts against the upper end of the slot when the slide isremoved or withdrawn, and against the lower end of the slot when theslide is pushed in.

According to a further feature of the invention, both the front wall andthe rear wall of the package have on their upper edges recesses orcut-outs, which are in alignment. These recesses permit the top edge ofthe slide to be gripped and to be pulled out from the space between thefront and rear walls of the package.

According to yet another feature of the invention, the front wall andthe rear wall of the new package have, near their upper ends, each ahole, which are in alignment, and the slide has near its upper end alsoa hole which is in alignment with the other two holes in the front andrear walls, when the slide is in its inserted position. These holes makeit possible to fix the slide between the front and rear walls of thepackage, for example by pushing a plug or the like through the holes.

Moreover, the new package has, as known per se, an opening in the frontwall, and a transparent shell, protruding from the front wall, isarranged in this opening. Preferably, the front wall has not only onesuch opening, but two or more, which may be interconnected or separateand which contain interconnected or separate shell-s of transparentmaterial arranged to protrude from the said front wall.

The opening or openings in the front wall, as well as the shell orshells mounted therein, have the object of rendering visible the needlesor like objects mounted on the slide, when this slide is in its insertedposition between the front and rear walls of the package. Thearrangement, number and type of openings in the front wall and of theshell or shells arranged therein, is or are governed by the type andarrangement of needles or like objects mounted on the slide. In order toachieve an attractive appearance, the opening or openings and the shellor shells have preferably a shaped configuration such as is known in theart. For example, each opening may have the shape of an equilateraloctagon, and the configuration and arrangement of each shell maycorrespond to that of a ground diamond.

The accompanying drawing shows, by way of example, an embodiment of apackage for needles according to the invention. In the drawing:

1 FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the package with inserted s ide;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the package with inserted slide; 1 (Ii- 1G. 3is a front view of the package with extracted s 1 e;

151G. 4 is a rear view of the package with extracted s l e;

FIG. 5 is a diagrammatical side elevation of the slide of the package.

The package is constructed after the manner of a folder and has arectangular front wall 10 made of strong paper and an equallyrectangular rear wall 11, also made of strong paper. The rear Wall 11consists of two halves 11a and 11b, each formed by a strip of paperwhich is connected with one of the longitudinal edges of the front wall10. The strip 11a has at its top and bottom end a projecting portion 12and 13, respectively, which portions overlap the other strip 11b. Bymeans of these projecting portions 12, 13, the two paper strips 11a,11b, forming the rear wall 11, are glued together. The two mutuallyfacing longitudinal edges of the two strips 11a, 11b are spaced fromeach other, thus forming a longitudinal'slot 14 in the rear wallll,extending between the projecting portions 12 and 13.

The front wall 10 of the package has two interconnected openings 15, 16in the form of two superimposed equilateral octagons In these openings15, 16 are arranged two interconnected shells 17, 18 of a transparentsynthetic resin. The arrangement of these shells 17, 18 is such thatthey bulge out in front of the front wall 10 and are fixed with theiredges on the reverse side of this front wall. The arcuate portion of theshells 17, 18 is defined by a number of faces, forming angles with eachother, and the arrangement and dimensions of these defining surfaces aresuch that the arcuate portion of each shell 17, 18 has the shape of aground diamond.

In addition thereto, the package contains a slide 19, locatedlongitudinally displaceably between the front and rear walls 10 and 11of the package, and adapted to be pulled out of, and pushed into, thespace between the two walls 11 and 10. The slide 19 is made from strongpaper and has a rectangular shape of dimensions corresponding to thoseof the walls 10 and 11. At some distance from its lower end, the slide19 is equipped with a centre tongue 20 extending in the transversedirection, and formed by an incision. This tongue 20 extends through thelongitudinal slot 14 of the rear wall 11 and is in engagement therewith.

A sheet of comparatively thin, coloured and lustrous paper 21 is gluedto the front face of the slide 19. The arrangement of this sheet ofpaper 21 on the slide 19 is such that parts 21a, 21b and 210 thereofoverlap and the parts 21b and 21c can therefore be bent upwardly. Inaddition, the part 21a of the sheet 21, glued directly to the slide, aswell as the bend-ab-le parts 21b and 21c are provided with lateral ribs21d. Three groups of needles 22 are pushed through these transversalribs 21d, extending in the longitudinal direction of the package.

The front wall 10 of the package has at its top edge a substantiallysemicircular recess 23. Therear wall 11 of the package has at its topedge a corresponding reces 24 of the same shape and dimensions. In thezone of these recesses 23, 24, the slide 19 is accessible, in order tobe pulled out of the space between the walls 10 and 11.

In addition, the front wall 10 and rear wall 11 of the package have,near the upper edge, each a hole 25, 26. These holes have the samedimensions and are in alignment. The slide 19 has a similar hole '27near its upper edge. This hole 27 has the same dimensions as the holes25, 26 and is so arranged that it is in alignment with these holes 25,26, when the slide 19 is pushed down into the space between the Walls 10and 11. A plug or the like may be inserted through these holes 25, 26,27, in order to fix the slide 19 between the walls 10 and 11.

If a needle 22 is to be extracted from the package or to be replaced inthe same, the slide 19 is pulled out from between the walls 10, 11. Thetongue 20 of the slide 19 slides within the longitudinal slot 14 of therear wall 11, until it abuts against the projection 12 of the strip 11aof the rear wall 11. This abutment prevents the slide 19 from beingfully withdrawn from the walls 10, 11. After a needle 22 has beenextracted from the withdrawn slide 19 or replaced in the same, the slide19 can again be pushed back into the space within the walls 10, 11.During this movement, the tongue 20 slides along the slot 14 of the rearwall 11 in the opposite direction, until it comes to rest against theprojection of the strip 11a of the rear wall 11. This abutment limitsthe inserting movement of the slide 19.

What I claim is:

1. A package for needles having a substantially flat folder like sleevewith a front wall and a rear wall, a plurality of needles mounted on aslide received in said sleeve for longitudinal displacement between saidfront and rear walls so as to be movable between an extended positionwherein it extends from the sleeve and a retracted position wherein itis substantially enclosed, locking means for limiting the movement ofthe slide both in the extended and in the retracted positions, saidlocking means comprising a slot in the sleeve extending substantiallyfrom its lower end to its upper end and a tongue extending from theslide engaging said slot.

2. A package as claimed in claim 1, wherein said needles are mounted ona sheet attached to the front side of the slide.

3. A package as claimed in claim 2, wherein the rear wall of the sleeveis comprised of first and second halves with one half being connected tothe other half by upper and lower projecting portions so that said slotis provided between said halves and said projecting portions.

4. A package as claimed in claim 3-, wherein the front and rear walls ofthe sleeve have each a recess in their upper edges, and wherein theserecesses are aligned.

5. A package as claimed in claim 3, wherein the front and rear walls ofthe sleeve have near their top edge holes which are in alignment witheach other, and the slide has near its top edge a corresponding holewhich is in alignment with the said holes of the sleeve, when the slideis in its retracted position.

6. A package a claimed in claim 3, wherein the front wall of the sleevehas an opening in which is arranged a projecting shell of transparentmaterial.

7. A package as claimed in claim 3, wherein the front wall of the sleevehas two openings in which are arranged shells of transparent materialprojecting from the surface of the front wall.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,361,984 11/1944 Williamson229-19 2,604,980 7/1952 Reid 229-9 2,884,127 4/1959 Neary 206-782,954,151 7/1960 Buttery et al. 229-19 3,180,487 4/1965 Uddenborg 206-66FOREIGN PATENTS 512,926 9/1939 Great Britain. 121,737 3/1931 Austria.

I JAMES B. MARBERT, Primary Examiner.

LOUIS G. MANCENE, Assistant Examiner.

